2.21 Joe’s Pizza of Bleecker Street - Santa Monica
Posted on June 26, 2008
Filed Under American, Best of the Best, Italian | 1 Comment
Live in LA but dying for some of that New York style pizza? Here you go! Joe’s Pizza of Bleecker Street now has a location right here in Santa Monica, on Broadway at Ocean Avenue, just one block from the beach. It’s a tiny hole in the wall, with only three small tables.
The menu is simple, well, you don’t really need a menu, the pizzas are all laid out on the counter for you to see. Seven kinds of pizza, garlic bread, and salads.
The garlic bread is just as you’d expect, garlic and parsley and a ton of oil on little rolls of bread. It’s not as soft as it ought to be (C&O’s has the GREATEST garlic rolls.) but hey, we’re here for the pizza. So let’s get to them.
Vegetable - red onion, mushroom, garlic. This was my favorite, the tomato sauce was sweet and the crust is so crispy and light. The toppings taste incredibly fresh and flavorful. Delicious.
Caprese - tomato, basil, slices of mozzarella. You know, I can taste the basil even in a bite without basil leaves, a little freaky? Yes, but I love basil and I can only call it basil magic.
White - cottage cheese, parsley, garlic. Love the garlic on here, it’s very good overall but nothing jumps out at you.
Pepperoni Sicilian - pan crust, cheese and pepperoni. The thick crust is quite good as well, but the toppings are just your standard pepperoni and cheese.
I can’t really comment much on the service, the guys behind the counter are friendly and helpful and that’s all you really need. The pizzas are fantastic but it’s such a bare boned pizza place that I can imagine most people would want to take it to go. Still, New York Pizza in Santa Monica? What a find!
Joe’s Pizza
111 Broadway
Santa Monica, CA 90407
(310) 395-9222